SP Boys Rec. Basketball League Final Tonight

By THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS STAFF

March 17, 2014 at 11:44 AM

The Pacers and the Thunder will meet for a basketball championship. No, not for the title in the NBA, where both the Pacers and Thunder are among the favorites to win the league championship this June, but here in Scotch Plains.

The Scotch Plains Recreation Basketball League championship game for the 7th/8th Grade Boys' Division is scheduled to be played tonight with tip-off slated for 8 p.m. at Park Middle School's new gym.

The Pacers are coached by Sal Perillo, while the Thunder are led by Coach Anthony Cuccurullo.

Both teams played out their chalk seeds in the 10-team playoffs. The Thunder enters the final as the top seed while the Pacers come in with the No. 2 seed.

Florham Park, NJ — As Memorial Day approaches, Americans will kick off the (unofficial) start of the summer season by traveling in near-record numbers. According to AAA, more than 41.5 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend, nearly 5 percent more than last year and the most in more than a dozen years. That number includes about one million travelers from New Jersey, a ...

EDISON, NJ -- Lower School students at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison showcased their vocal and instrumental talents in the Grades 2-5 Spring Concert on May 10.

Highlights of the concert included two vocal selections from The Sound of Music - My Favorite Things by the third and fourth grade and Do Re Mi by the third grade, the Hebrew lullaby Numi Numi by the second and fifth ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A standing room-only crowd cheered and booed Tuesday night after the town council, with a 6-3 vote, passed a resolution granting Mayor Shelley Brindle the authority to negotiate a lease agreement with Arena Realty Partners for a temporary ice rink at Gumbert Park this winter.

WESTFIELD, NJ — The 8th Annual Sister Pat’s Kids Camp Wiffle Ball Tournament will take place place on Friday, May 25, at 3:00 p.m. at Tamaques Park.

Money from the tournament, which run by Westfield High School students, will go to Sister Pat’s week-long summer camp in Esopus, NY, where kids suffering from cancer and other blood disorders from New York Presbyterian Hospital ...

On Wednesday, June 6, and Wednesday, June 20 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., Scotch Plains and Fanwood cardholders ages 7-16 are invited to participate in the library’s very popular chess club led by instructor Errol Singh.

Pre-registration is required for the chess club and is limited to Scotch Plains and Fanwood cardholders. To register, go to ...